lord shaftesbury can i identify the improvements made for working children during victorian times?
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Lord ShaftesburyCan I identify the improvements made for working children during
Victorian times?
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What was wrong with the working conditions for children?
Worked long hours Dangerous conditions No education Paid very little because they were younger Worked from a very young age Short breaks often with no fresh air
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Lord Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper was born in 1801 He became the Earl of Shaftesbury in 1851 At the age of 25, he became a member of
Parliament. He began to take an interest in the plight of poor children after reading newspaper reports about labour in industry
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What could be done to improve working conditions?
Laws were set up
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1833 Lord Ashley proposed that children should
work for a maximum of 10 hours a day This bill failed but the government realised
that children needed to be protected A year later the Factory Act was passed
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Factory Act It was now illegal for children under 9 to be
employed in textile factories Children between 9 and 13 were still
allowed to work for up to 12 hours a day Only 4 inspectors were employed to make
sure this law was carried out. This worried some people. Why?
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Coals Mine Act - 1842 This meant women and children were not
allowed to work underground Lord Shaftesbury continued his work for
improved working hours for children in factories
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Other interests Lord Shaftesbury was also interested in
education for working class children He was chairman of the Ragged Schools
Union - an organisation that had set up over a hundred schools for poor children
He died in 1885